The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1887-10-14

The diSapperancs OF lean 9.
L~OD from This city aud his Os
eut drserIiOH OF his wife has pat
enrd memories OF several
events 10 the history Of Thai ,;, ~
Lady, with whom mistortnna s'le
dealt with q lavish hand. ns'
Her maiden name was ~,
Bracey, end at her home in HT;asl
county her people are known sns
respected IS the best of H;aI"
county eirizf ns. When she va'
pretty little country lass. Of nn,r,s
years OF age, she Was martial l.
the little church at Terry 10 AZ 0a
gentleman, so the story uoes. Nv
the name of Ctaw1ey. This srss,
marked the beginning OF the snoa,.
Of her mIstOIInnes, which have foi
lowed thick aud fast on ,he b.sd'
OF one another ever since. W.
a bride OF only u few months. b4ia,,
III a lelicaIe state, she was eallaJ
upon to bury her husband and nro.
IectOr, and leu mouths after h.,
marriage little Ruby, her dsushler
Opened her bright black eyes "A
laugbingiy greet the worli. Tho
chil1-wife, after a lapse of over
eighteen m0utI,s, she then being
scarcely eighteen, mel a dasbinc
handsome seOundrpl, who claimed
TO be a travelling salesman for
large wholesale house, and the xuh.
tie william was not long in stealing
.DiO the confidence of the lillIe
rural widow. He wOOed and wan
her condolences and lOte, aud sle
married bin in the same little
church where she bad pligh;cd her
roth to her 6tst sponsp. Thew
lett Terry on \ bridal tour aud in
4 fcw short weeks the great wrong
which had bssu done her burst
upon her likc an avalanche of woe.
The man who ha,l so cruelty dc.
ceivrd her proved TO have a wife
aud five children and she came ~.
un him in 4 hotel in either ST. Lonis
or Memphis aud in the presence OF
MS injured wife of two weeks, &c.
cuse.tl him of his crime aud dealt 10
aim the death the cowardly biga
mist 81 Iirhly deserved. The in.
IuIrd wife eHdrd hrr own life BY
the side of her dead husband, and
Ia thIrr weeks after she lett the
nome Of her mother d happy trust
Tui bride, the poor little creature
returned there a broken hearted,
wrOn.p'l woman. But she was still
NUnng. aud IN time she forgot n i
MEASURE The wrongs that had beer
done her ~ her past, aud 1t VAS
then that St. Lenn came on the
scrnr, which closed last Saturday
NTH his dIsJpe. rdnce from tins
city. He had been 2 ven cirilsc
ut her business affairs, her first
husband having LETT her his prep
aud Was thoroughly cogni.
at ali the trials ct her past
TbiS. however. dii MT deter him
from Try ing la win the hand ut the
sIrl, aud tour years ago. Sic con
~-nlrd lea brcOme his wife. 81. Leon
lid not bear n good rrputatInh 10
Terry, aud aboHt twelve ar tour
ecu months ago moved iU thIsrAiy.
tie Was u smooth talker, and 10y IT,
naming temperate be gained
lrirudS, anl his wife was ever q
rrtiurd liIIlu Lady, aud I%n@raiiaiel
.Iersrlf into gOo'l society, tU WhHh
size was accustomed 1T home. He
p nor, bur she bore all ptiva-
ions which met her with a brave
aud lowell him as truly ~
he nature of a woman permitted,
aud even now she does not knOw
he story OF the fall of the man
y hose name she hears. a lew
ago, she, urged by her physi
ian Ia take trip for tue benent
II her health, Reluctantly consent
d Ia visit friends ia Meridian aud
rft tor That place. Every mail
iruugEt letters frOm hcT 10 her
husband expecting sOOu to return
tO the humble bat happShome she
na,l lett behind her. Once away
the gentle Influence exerted
him 10y lis wife, ST. Leon
show ell natural instincts, aud 0 0
10 drinking. He got on a spree
aud became enamOured Of a varleIy.
in this city, by the name OF
Robinson. The old, olu
story Of wine aud women, was Gu,
over again, aud sOon be pau
rnlIezzled funds Of other parties
aud was forced to Zee from the ven
grauce of the hw.
Could ANYTHING be sadder tasH
he tale OF This little woman pug
: not yet twenty Jour and can iODA
upon her brief life which y,
Ike a SAD story, 81 replete VIZ
sorruw. She Is a sweet. amiaO's'
little woman, rs true rs s'ee''
.ud is truly unfortunate.